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Nu 329,183. PatentedOcL 27, 1885.

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UNITED STATES SAMUEL MARTIN, OF HARTLAND, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ZABINA E. CHAMBERS, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,183, dated October 27, 1885.

Application filed September 22, 1884. Serial No. 143,690. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL MARTIN, of Hartland, in the county of Livingston and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Washing'Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved washing-machine in which the clothes are rubbed by arevolving cylinder for the purpose of removing the dirt rapidly and effectively.

The invention consists in the combination, with the tub, of a shaft on which rollers are held, and of a pivoted frame in which end rollers are held, over which an endless belt passes, on which transverse ribs are secured.

The invention also consists in parts and details, as will be fully set forth and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved washing machine. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line 00 m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal secional elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a plan view.

The box or tub A is mounted on legs B in the usual manner, and in the box a trans verse shaft, 0, is journaled, on one end of which is mounted a fly-wheel, D, having a handle, E, and on the other end is mounted a wheel, F, which is connected by a connecting-rod, G, with a foot-lever or treadle, H, pivoted on one leg B.

The free end of a spring-bar, J, or other suitable spring secured to one of the legs is connected by a rod, 1, with the foot-lever or treadle H, whereby the said foot-lever is pulled upward.

On the shaft 0 two disks, K, are rigidly mounted, in which the ends of a series of rollers, V, are journaled, the surfaces of the rollers projecting beyond the edges of the disks K.

In the tub or box A a frame, L, is pivoted, from the under side of which bars M projcct downward at the ends, in which bars transverse rollers N are journaled, over which a loose endless belt, 0, is passed, the same also running over a roller, 1?, held at its ends in eyebolts Q, projecting from the under side of the frame L, which eyebolts are provided on the upper side of the'frame L with nuts R, by means of which the said bolts can be adjusted to project a greater or less distance from the under side of the frame L. The tension of the endless belt 0 can thus be adjusted.

On the outer surface of the belt 0 a series of transverse ribs or bars, S, are secured at suitable intervals.

The operation is as follows: The shaft G and the rollers on the same are revolved by means of the trcadle or by turning the wheel D. The frame Lis raised, and the clothes are placed on the rollers V, againstwhich they are pressed by the endless belt 0, held in the frame L. The clothes are held by one hand, are drawn by the rollers V into the suds, and the clothes pulled back under pressure of the frame L, to be again drawn into the suds by the rollers V, and so on. The clothes are rubbed thoroughly between the rollers V and the ribs S on the belt 0, and thus the dirt is removed.

The machine can be used for washing light or heavy articles, as may be desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The washing-machine comprising the box or tub, within which is hung the rotary cylinder of rollers, hinged or pivoted frame, with its end rollers and an intermediate tensionroller encompassed by an endless ribbed belt, said frame having arms fixed to its ends at the sides, to which arms is connected the pressure-frame, and the foot-lever intermediately connected to a disk of the cylindershaft, and to an upwardly-drawing spring, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL MARTIN. Witnesses:

Z. E. CHAMBERS, BURT MARLING. 

